Posted on 11/13/2018 9:06:14 AM PST by jazusamo
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' claims that she's unable to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., until she begins collecting her congressional salary crumble under scrutiny, with records showing the 29-year-old has collected more than $6,000 from her campaign and reported having a minimum of $15,000 in savings.
The congresswoman-elect rose to fame after she defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's June primary and was elected to represent the state’s 14th Congressional District last week.
After months of fostering an image as a working-class Democrat, Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times shortly after her Nov. 6 general election win that she won’t be able to afford an apartment in the Washington, D.C., area until her new $174,000-a-year salary kicks in next year. The median rent in D.C. is $2,700, according to real estate website Zillow.
“I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real,” Ocasio-Cortez told The New York Times.
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But being a Democrat, she never gets any scrutiny.
If they are willing to pay her rent let them. It just makes us look mean.
After months of fostering an image as a working-class Democrat, ..........who wore shoes that cost more than my car......
You don’t understand.. That money in her account is her OWN money, which she has no intention of using. From here on, everything is to paid for with OTHER PEOPLE’S money.
Ah, socialist politicians!
Yikes, purty classy for someone crying they’re broke.
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And that’s just one outfit. I can only imagine how many other expensive outfits she has in her closet.
good catch, seawolf.
it will be interesting to see ocasio-cortez’s financial statement after a couple years in the swamp.
A phoney drama?
She’ll fit right in to the Obama/Jarrett compound.
Wow. Psycho eyes.
Privilege can extend to any numbers of facets of life, and Democrat privilege is in the highest level of this hierarchy.
After all, they are the superior people, and must be held in highest of regard. < /sarcasm >
That’s easy my dear. You just pay for it. Duh!
At least Paul Ryan had the sense to sleep in his office, shower in the congressional gym, and not plead poverty.
Now now go easy on her.
Lady Brainiac needs that cash to buy weed and Munchies
“Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!”
You forgot...Perverts and Muzzy Infidels.Pedos and on n on n on .....
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